What are eBooks?

samizdat for the digital ageDIFFUSION eBooks are shareable paper books that are free to download, print and make up (in A4 and US Letter PDF formats). Designed for viral distribution at almost no cost to readers, Proboscis regularly commissions new writing and creative publications which broaden discussion and debate around themes relating to our own projects and research. Proboscis also provides online design schematics, welcoming anyone, anywhere to adopt or re-interpret the format for their own uses.

Sharing Creativity
By using the internet as the distribution mechanism, DIFFUSION eBooks are accessible to a diverse readership across parts of the world that it would not be economical, or physically possible, to distribute traditional books to. Readers are encouraged to share the eBooks electronically or as material objects. DIFFUSION aims to bridge analogue and digital media by taking the reader away from the computer screen and engaging them in the process of making with their hands. Through the physical act of making the eBook, a dynamic is created that blurs the distinctions between producers and consumers.

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Diffusion is a free library of hybrid digital/physical publications for you to download, print out and make up, or read online.

There are 488 eBooks and 187 StoryCubes in the Library; from critical writing to short stories; ethnographic notebooks to artists books; classic essays to new commissions. Discover, download and enjoy.

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We need sponsors and supporters to help us continue expanding and developing both Diffusion and bookleteer.

Please help us maintain this site providing free downloads of a constantly growing array of eBooks and StoryCubes by sponsoring a series of commissions (e.g. Transformations), joining the bookleteer alpha club or simply making a donation via Paypal.